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Gastric disorders, lump in abdomen, waterbrash of abusers of tea and
tobacco.
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FAMILY
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Abietineae
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A/F
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Tea
Tobacco
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MODALITIES
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After
eating (during digestion)
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Motion
& walking (digestive troubles). |
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MIND
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Sadness,
despondency, dejection, mental depression, gloom. |
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Anxiety
about health, hypochondriacal. |
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Functions
mentally like an old man. |
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Dullness,
sluggishness with difficulty of thinking, comprehending. |
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Vanishing
of thoughts. Low spirited and dull during the day; wakeful and restless
at night, with hunger. |
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GUIDING
INDICATIONS
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Useful
remedy in many diseased conditions, when they are associated with
gastric symptoms.
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It
causes dyspepsia with functional heart symptoms, especially in the aged
persons. Also useful in indigestion of those who abuse the drinking of
tea and smoking or chewing of tobacco. |
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The
chief symptom in dyspepsia is a sensation of HARD BOILED EGG LODGED IN
THE CARDIAC END OF THE STOMACH. Patient describes it as if a hard lump
is felt in the pit of stomach or in the lung, which he wants to cough
out. |
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Continual
distressing constriction just above the pit of the stomach as if
everything were knotted up, worse whenever debilitated. LUMP (egg,
rock, knot, stone) feeling on top of stomach. |
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PAIN
IN STOMACH ALWAYS COMES ON AFTER EATING. Pressing pain in the stomach,
after a hearty meal, as if a load or stone was there. As though he had
swallowed some indigestible substance which had stuck in his stomach,
would neither go down nor come up. |
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TOTAL
LOSS OF APPETITE, IN THE MORNING, BUT GREAT CRAVING FOR FOOD AT NOON
AND AT NIGHT (waking from hunger or hunger prevents sleep). Low
spirited and dull during the day, wakeful and restless at night with
hunger. |
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Painful
sensation in chest as if something were lodged in chest, mostly on
right side of sternum, and had to be coughed up; lungs feel compressed,
cannot be fully expanded. |
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Dyspnoea
< lying down. Sharp, cutting pain in heart; hearts action heavy and
slow. Coughing < waterbrash (waterbrash, cough during and after). |
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Dyspepsia
accompanied by hot head, dull headache, flushed cheeks and constipation. |
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Menses
at daytime only. Delayed with gradual decrease of menstruation. |
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KEYNOTES
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- The
chief symptom in dyspepsia is a sensation of a hard boiled egg lodged
in the cardiac end of the stomach.
- Pain
in stomach comes on immediately after eating.
- Total
loss of appetite in the morning but great craving for food at noon and
at night.
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NUCLEUS
OF REMEDY
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Dyspeptic
troubles of the aged.
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Indigestion
of abusers of tea, smoking, tobacco. |
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Pain
< immediately after eating. |
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Hard
boiled egg sensation at lower end of oesophagus. |
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Continual
distressing constriction above pit of stomach. |
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Loss
of appetite in morning, great hunger at noon and at night. |
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CONFIRMATORY
SYMPTOMS
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- As
if a hard boiled egg has lodged in the cardiac end of stomach.
- Pain
in stomach < immediately after eating.
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CLINICAL
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This
remedy is worth studying in HIATUS HERNIA. |
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Those
cases of dyspepsia which do not seem to be recovered by abstinence of
any particular food or by a strict diet. |
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REMEDY
RELATIONSHIPS
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Complementary:
Agar,
Ars, Bism, Bry, Calc, Cinch, Ign, Kali-c, Nat-m, Nux-v, Phos, Puls,
Sep, Sulph, Zinc
Compare: Abies-c, Bry, Cham, Cinch, Cupre-aust, Lac-ac,
Puls, Sabin, Thuj
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